When larsson was poor
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Agreed he was poor in that final but come on.
He scored 11 league goals against us. Which I am sure is a record.
I may be in line for abuse here but he was a great player it must be said.
He scored 11 league goals against us. Which I am sure is a record.
I may be in line for abuse here but he was a great player it must be said.
He scored against us 15 times in 30 games.
Ubik
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'always seemed to struggle against us'
AmsterdamBear
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He'd have looked even better in that Rangers side.
The one footballer in what was otherwise a team of cloggers playing for set pieces.
Had he been playing in that Rangers team we'd have been a genuine force to fear in Europe.
The one footballer in what was otherwise a team of cloggers playing for set pieces.
Had he been playing in that Rangers team we'd have been a genuine force to fear in Europe.
Goal every two games thank god he struggled or we’d have been fucked
aye you're right. For all I despise him for who he played for his CV doesn't read too bad. Overblown hype?
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Memory must be on the slide. I remember him chipping klos and giving us a torrid time that game.
Larsson was excellent and anyone that says differently just looks silly
Haining84
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Kenny Miller just one short of him.
KensingtonBlue
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Decent but 1 in 2 not exactly phenomenal for the best striker ever (apparently).
cant disagree
Larsson was a outstanding player and if we kept him quite in a game then our defenders did well
Absolutely no chance mate. The guy caused us all sorts of problems for years. The best player they've ever had imo.
I'd go as far to say that, if Celtic had never signed him, they probably wouldn't have won a title from 1988 until now. He helped stop 10 and was a massive part of O'Neil's side that helped turn the tide from us being miles on top to a more equal footing which they have then taken over in recent years.
Obviously it's conjecture as they couldv'e brought someone else in or another manager who beat Advocaat a different way, but he was a huge figure for them.
And they booed him.
stonewall Jackson
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The Martian was very very good and is looked upon by the mentally challengeds in the same way we look upon Laudrup.
Jonathan E
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Now that you mention it I don't have any memories of him being anything special against us.
I do remember him diving for a penalty and getting Big Amo sent off and I remember Craig Moore 'putting him up in the air' out by the touchline. (To be fair he took it like a man.)
I do remember him diving for a penalty and getting Big Amo sent off and I remember Craig Moore 'putting him up in the air' out by the touchline. (To be fair he took it like a man.)
VGM
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was happy when he left celtic in 04
that full season was Larsson v A weak Rangers side
Keep telling yourself that op he was a great player
Ubik
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id hate to think what he'd class morelos against record them if 15/30 is 'decent'
DEJA BLUE
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I said apart from the 6-2 reaming, you tell me goals that he scored against us that stood out everytime I think about him playing us is Craig Moores crunching but fair tackle on the touchline
Johnny Yen
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Bizarre thread, he scored regularly against us, Parkhead, Ibrox and at Hampden.
RabSpackman
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I think more to the point, if he struggled in a match at that time then their game plan fell to pieces.
Looking back, Smith would potentially have sacrificed a midfielder to mark Larrson so tightly that he would have been out of the match.
The other twist of fate is that Hartson was a medical away from signing for Rangers and that would have changed the dynamic of the sides for a couple of years.
Watching that last night was great fun but it does leave me frustrated that Advocaat didn’t respond better to their physical approach by bringing in a big brute to play in our defence and counter Hartson/Sutton.
The goal that Balde scored in the 2002 Cup Final, he went past Amo like he wasn’t there... and Amoruso has some physique.
Looking back, Smith would potentially have sacrificed a midfielder to mark Larrson so tightly that he would have been out of the match.
The other twist of fate is that Hartson was a medical away from signing for Rangers and that would have changed the dynamic of the sides for a couple of years.
Watching that last night was great fun but it does leave me frustrated that Advocaat didn’t respond better to their physical approach by bringing in a big brute to play in our defence and counter Hartson/Sutton.
The goal that Balde scored in the 2002 Cup Final, he went past Amo like he wasn’t there... and Amoruso has some physique.
Not sure if this is serious
Go watch the 3-3 game at Parkhead when Arteta scored mate.
Can't believe I'm on here defending Larsson. F*ckin lockdown.
RFC_Champions
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If Larsson was overblown hype considering he scored something like one goal in every two games against us.... how would you describe Morelos’ hype?
Delusional thread.
DEJA BLUE
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Laudrup was a far better player and larsson was a dirty barsteward so aye that fits.
Mental bud. I’m away to out on the Glaswegian bar medley song on YouTube with the song about him so I don’t feel as bad
westenclosurebear
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Came off the bench and turned around Barcelona to win the CL Final v Arsenal.
He was a great player.
He was a great player.
SSR
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He was very poor in 2002 SCF but aye he did not too bad against us
On another note Sutton was a disaster in defense in the final
Purpolaris
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He was a decent player but fell over very easily and was awarded a free kick every time. Mind you the whole celtic team were the same. O'Neills long ball tactics, high punt up the park to Sutton / Hartson, they fall over, win free kick. Cross into the box and score from it or fall over and win penalty. That was pretty much it from memory.
bluelacoste
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The tussles between him and moore where excellent, no quarter given by any of the two of them and no moaning about it. They just got stuck in and played football.
stonewall Jackson
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Gus McPherson might have a different view of this.
how old are you?
LJ50
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It would be very, very, very churlish of anyone not to concede that Larsson was a terrific player. Without doubt the best domestic opponent we’ve had in my lifetime.
Yes, they are prone to overhype decent players, inflating them to god-like status; the hero-worship of Moravcik for example was and remains baffling to me. But Larsson is as good as they’ve ever had and the odd poor game against us doesn’t change that.
Yes, they are prone to overhype decent players, inflating them to god-like status; the hero-worship of Moravcik for example was and remains baffling to me. But Larsson is as good as they’ve ever had and the odd poor game against us doesn’t change that.
DEJA BLUE
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Whyy
AmsterdamBear
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His performance in that final wasn't so much as him being bad as the rest of the team having little interest in playing football.
Literally any time it came near Hartson, instead of trying to hold it up or play in Larsson he was on his arse trying to win a freekick.
Literally any time it came near Hartson, instead of trying to hold it up or play in Larsson he was on his arse trying to win a freekick.
Twosignals
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Larson, basically was our Boyd and Alfie, when it came to scoring against us and them.
No he wasn’t.
gobes1872
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aye he's told old and his legs are gone
